This defaults to 100% IIRC. It only effects the *display* during
transform.
This is the time when it shouldn't display at 100%.
Let's say I have a bunch of layers with various graphical elements. The
one at the bottom is a photo that needs to be scaled up and rotated, so
that it fits in better with the layers above it. The moment I attempt
that, I am no longer able to see my layers because the photo layer is
now displaying above everything. What now? It becomes hit-and-miss
guesswork, which is counter intuitive.
On 31/07/2011 17:13, David Gowers (kampu) wrote:
On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:32 AM, Fred J <fokju...@gmail.com
<mailto:fokju...@gmail.com>> wrote:
This, besides the text tool, is probably one of the most
unintuitive features in Gimp.
- Find an image on Google / hard drive.
- Drop it into your working area.
- Change it's transparency.
- Resize / Rotate and, suddenly, the transparency reverts to
original state.
This last step makes no sense. I changed its transparency for a
reason and it must stay that way until I say so.
And it does stay that way. Currently, we have an opacity control in
the transform dialog. This defaults to 100% IIRC. It only effects the
*display* during transform. The opacity setting of the layer is
unaffected, it's simply not in operation during that time.
(There are various logical problems with using the layer's opacity
during transforms... eg, transforming part of a layer -> overlapping
parts are inaccurate, and non-overlapping parts may be inaccurate if
the layer has no alpha channel. Same applies to transforming a whole
layer.. because the original is not, and must not be, hidden during
the transform, inheriting the layer opacity causes problems with the
accuracy of the display)
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